Eryx (ular)
| Boa pasir | |
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| Eryx jaculus, sejenis boa pasir | |
Klasifikasi ilmiah 
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| Kerajaan: | Animalia |
| Filum: | Chordata |
| Kelas: | Reptilia |
| Ordo: | Squamata |
| Subordo: | Serpentes |
| Famili: | Boidae |
| Subfamili: | Erycinae Bonaparte, 1831 |
| Genus: | Eryx Daudin, 1803 |
| Sinonim | |
Boa pasir, genus Eryx, adalah jenis-jenis ular boa yang hterdapat di daerah panas Afrika, Eropa, hingga India.[2] Terdapat 12 spesies.[2]
Deskripsi
Ular berukuran tidak terlalu besar. Kepala tumpul, berukuran sama besar dengan badan. Sisik punggung (dorsal) kecil. Mata berukuran agak besar dan pupil vertikal. Sisik rostral besar. Anterior lebih panjang dari sisik posterior. Tubuh halus dan silindris. Ekor pendek, tumpul, dengan sisik subklaudal seragam.[3]
Penyebaran
Tersebar luas di Afrika bagian timur laut, Eropa bagian tenggara, Asia Barat, sebagian Asia Tengah, Pakistan, dan sebagian India.
Jenis-jenis
- Eryx borrii LANZA & NISTRI, 2005
- Eryx colubrinus (LINNAEUS, 1758)
- Eryx conicus (SCHNEIDER, 1801)
- Eryx elegans (GRAY, 1849)
- Eryx jaculus (LINNAEUS, 1758)
- Eryx jayakari BOULENGER, 1888
- Eryx johnii (RUSSELL, 1801)
- Eryx miliaris (PALLAS, 1773)
- Eryx muelleri (BOULENGER, 1892)
- Eryx somalicus SCORTECCI, 1939
- Eryx tataricus (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823)
- Eryx whitakeri DAS, 1991
Referensi
Rujukan
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b "Eryx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Diakses tanggal 7 July 2008.
- ^ Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Eryx, p. 122-123, Figure 7).
Bacaan lanjut
- Daudin FM. 1803. Histoire Naturelle, Génerale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. Tome septième [Volume 7]. Paris: F. Dufart. 436 pp. (Eryx, new genus, pp. 251–253).
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